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... 9 AM, but because we were doing the EFE dance (Which is a Turkish folk dance in which the dancers act as eagles displaying mainly bravery and other traits) which needed to have a costume, we needed to be there at like 8:15 AM to get dressed and make sure we were ready for the dance with no hold up's. (We had done lessons for this dance almost every week for 5-6 weeks, it was a very fun and memorable experience, a memory like most in an exchange that we will remember for the rest ...

... That night was the much awaited expedition to the Chimeara or as commonly known, the flames of Olympus. Homer, in his Iliad and Odyssey spoke about the Chimeara all those hundreds of years ago. The 6 of us donned our hiking boots, (except for me in my slipslops) attached our "kopligte" and headed for the trek up the mountain!!! Jeez, I wont lie, it was QUITE a climb!!! After huffing and puffing for over an hour we finally made it. What an amazing phenomena to see these ...

After leaving Egirdir (where travellers are few and far between), we arrived in Antalya, a large modern city on the Mediterranean. We are staying in the old town, where there are once again cobbled streets and not much traffic...but it is definitely a tourist town and a bit too upmarket for us! However, today we walked to the museum and it ...

Today was designed to be a vacation from touring, a day to do whatever you wanted. So I took an early morning walk to the ATM, grocery, and Gloria Jeans; two-hour boat ride; leisurely lunch and dinner in an outdoor cafe; afternoon walk past shops; and sat in the pension garden. The Mediterranean truly is turquoise in color here, the breezes soft, very ...

... looking around at beautiful mountain scenery. After the hikers returned we all had a delicious trout lunch.

Another couple of hours down the mountains and we were on the coastal plateau known as the Turquoise Coast. Fairly flat land, much warmer, roses were blooming, resort hotels and lots of fancy stores for the rich tourists who came to shop. Fields were being readied for planting, traffic was heavy, temperature went up quickly into 75+.